Accuracy of sagittal abdominal diameter as predictor of abdominal fat among Brazilian adults: A comparation with waist circumference

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 656-661

  Duarte Pimentel, G ^a,b   Portero McLellan, K C ^a,c   Maesta N ^a   Corrente, J E ^a   Burini, R C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry.; Obesity; Sagital abdominal diameter; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77954806556     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2010.25.4.4507     Document Type: Article

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